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By Bob Johnson
CArvULiiiNA JAM...Jam was not a misnomer
for the action carried on at the Metroiina Fair
grounds recently. It was hot, heavy and long. It
kicked off around noon and didn’t shut down until
after midnight.
A number of bands performed for this 17,000
plus crowd. Featured were the Ohio Players
with special guests including Mother’s Finest,
New Central Connection, Hamilton Bohannon,
Brass Construction, Undisputed Truth, Plair,
King Sportty and brief encounter. The bands
cavorted on stage from the super heat of the day
through the cooler heat of the night, doing what
they do best, entertain.
Mother’s Finest, a six
member group from At
lanta, Ga., used their
high energy and pro
gressive rock style to
steal the show. Even
though the group has
experienced great sue
cess wim meir aioums,
the live show is their
calling card, as evi
denced by their tremen
dous performance.
Joyce Kennedy, con
sidered the mother of
the group and undoubtedly the finest member,
coupled with the extraordinary talents of lead
singer Glenn Murdock, formed the nucleus of a
group that did ballads, and jump tunes with an
equal amount of dexterity.
Some of the ecstatic crowd that were full of
accolades for Mother’s Finest and the other
performers of what turned out to be a very
successful engagement were: Rodney Groves,
Kim Freeman, Linda Jackson, Brian Gross,
Arlena Lowery, Jack Ramsey, Nina Reeves,
Carolyn Gaither, Chick Nelson, Carlton Mason, ~
Robert Stouts, Marion Jenkins, Christine Oliver,
Gary Graham, Mike Sturdevant, Joyce Davis,
Gino Simpson and Wanda Springs.
COLISEUM JAM...Last Saturday night, a
powerful group from England finally performed
before a sell out crowd in Charlotte’s Coliseum.
The group Fleetwood Mac cancelled shows on
March 31 and May 25, but the wait was worth it.
, Kenny Loggins, who was late arriving began
Ihe show, and more than .made up for his
tardiness. In fact, after he had finished his
electric performance he was called back for
more.
However, it was the blonde witchy dressed
Stevie Nicks and old timer Mick Fleetwood and
company that the audience came to see, and they
loved every minute of it.
The group, featuring Lindsay Buckingham on
lead guitar, kept the audience alive with tunes
from their last two albums “Fleetwood Mac”
.and “Rumours,” and returned for two encores.
$till the 13,500 mesmerized fans didn’t vyant
them to go.
! Mr. and Mrs. Greg Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
[Harold Watts, Joyce Abraham, Jerry Sikes, Rick
(Austen and Valerie Stinson were just a minute
portion of the crowd that didn’t mind the 4 month
[wait.
WEDDING TIME...Central Piedmont Com
munity College evidently has more going for it
than just education. Somewhere in the halls of
this hallowed institution Turks cupid with an
over-abundance of highly infectious arrows.
Alexander Moore and Sharon Diane Robinson
were infected not to long ago and last Saturday’s
marriage at Oak Grove Baptist Church in
Pineville, was the evidence.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Robinson Sr. of old Pineville Rd.
The bridegroom is the son of Mary Moore of
2011 Norwick Place and the late Rev. Lawrence
Moore.
Aftpr a hnnpvmnnn trin ITInriHa fha honnv
couple will make their nest on Roseridge Place.
WCCB FUN...Part of the fun of being away
from the old nine to five is being able to relax and
socialize with people that are very close to you.
Last Saturday evening some of the gang from
WCCB-TV gathered at the home of Ruth
Edwards, 1027 B. McAlway Road for some fun
and games. The group had a very loose time
enjoying cocktails and a variety of munchies.
The highlight of the evening was to view with a
bit of critique a special television show. Unfortu
nately though, the show wasn’t aired, so the
crowd ventured out on the town as an alterna
tive.
The bunch reconvened Sunday afternoon for a
splash party and roast beef luncheon around the
pool at the Woodhaven Apt. complex, hosted by
Robbie Thompson.
The WCCB horde finalized their spunky
weekend at Clara White’s apartment, 1004
McAlway Road for a fried chicken dinner.
Enjoying the finger-lickin’ good meal at Clara’s
along with the other courtesies of the 2 days were
Robbie Thompson and David Steward, Ruth
Edwards and Earl Turrent, Patty Reuss and
Dean Coley, Debbie Gates and Tail Barksdale,
Clara White and Curtis Bailey, and Michael and
Amy Lovelace.
One sure way to beat this stilling heat is
to...ROCK EASY!!!
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REUNION ATTENDANTS, LEFT TO RIGHT
-JSaney Dixon, Susie Dixon, Rosie Dye, Rachel Culp
Blakes Hold Third Reunion
Descendants of the late Wil
liam and Mary Stroud Blake
held their third annual family
reunion recently at the Na
tional Guard Armory. The five
surviving Blake children are
Mrs. Nancy Dixon and Mrs.
Susie Dixon of Charlotte, Mrs.
Ro6ie Cunningham Dy, Mrs.
Addie Tolbert and Mrs. Ra
chel Culp of Rock Hill. There
was one brother, Jones White
Blake, who is deceased.
The reunion began with the
reading of the scripture and a
prayer by Linda and Karen
Bratton. Mrs. Carrie Bratton,
chairperson of the event, then
presented the Blake sisters
Guys And Dolls, Inc.
Gives Ms. Stroud $100
The Beta Chapter of Guys
and Dolls, Inc. recently invit
ed Miss Anita Stroud, founder
of the Anita Stroud Founda
tion, to its monthly meeting.
At that time this gracious lady
was presented a check for $100
for use in her foundation.
Farmers Market
Offers Fresh
Vegetables
Garden fresh »tomatoes,
squash, cucumbers, com-and
cantaloups. Big, juicy peach
es, butter peas, eggplants and
watermelons. You will find
all this and more at the
Farmers Market on Saturday
mornings.
The Market, located in the
Jefferson-First Union Plaza in
uptown Charlotte, is at its
peak this month, with more
fresh produce for sale than
ever before.
County Extension Service
Chairman Phil Haas says the
recent dry weather has caus
ed a short “peak season" and
that the produce will be at
peak for only a couple of
weeks.
The Market is open each
Saturday morning from 7 a.m.
until noon, with plenty of free
parking in the Jefferson-First
Union Garage on East Second
Street. You may enter the
garage from Second Street
and walk into the Plaza from
there.
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The club members felt no
more worthy recipient could
have been chosen. The Anita
Stroud Foundation provides,
for so many children, who
otherwise would not have the
opportunity to do so, whole
some and character enriching
camp activities for three
weeks during the summer at
Umstead Park in Raleigh.
Miss Stroud, herself the re
cipient of much encourage
ment and help from persons
outside her family, knows the
value of such experiences in
the lives of children.
n Beta Chapter of Guys and
Dolls, lac., which is a family
organization committed to
promoting wholesome family
activities for its members,
recognized the opportunity to
contribute to this cause as a
way to help shed real light into
the lives of others.
North Carolina
Nurses Plan
Lecture Series
As a part of the North
Carolina Nurses Association’s
75th Anniversary Lecture Se
ries, a lecture and panel dis
cussion, “Ethical Dilemmas
in Health Care’’ will be held
Tuesday, July 19, from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. at the Heart of
Charlotte Convention Center,
3815 North Try on Street.
All registered nurses, stu
dent nurses, other health dis
ciplines, and interested mem
bers of the general public are
invited to attend.
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with Family Tree pins con
taining the birth stones of
their children. There were
also remarks by Alexander
Dixon, chairman of the Balti
more Committee.
Following the brief ceremo
ny, dinner was served. The
menu consisted of several va
rieties of meat, numerous ve
getables and assorted desserts
and beverages.
After-dinner activities in
cluded sack races, football,
volley ball, baseball, checkers
and a disco which began at
6:30 p.m. and featured O.J.
Neil spinning the records.
Approximately 400 relatives
and guests attended, some of
whom came from California,
Michigan, New York, Mary
land, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Virginia and both the Caro
lines.
Mrs. Bratton said that ex
cept for Mrs. Talbert being
unable to attend because of
illness, the reunion was a
joyous occasion and will be
long remembered by all.
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Lead-Based Paint Poisoning
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LEAD-BASED PAINT POI
SONING: Due primarily to
the very high co6t of purchas
ing new houses, many young
married couples are doing the
only thing they can afford to
do: buying very old houses
and rehabilitating them when
funds for such renovations
become available.
In addition some are attrac
ted to old houses, because
many of them have a lot of
charm. But a lot of these old
houses, especially those that
have become dilapidated, are
breeding grounds of tragedy
for thousands of little child
ren.
It's the paint that's chipping
off the walls and woodwork:
it’s full of lead and it's poison.
Little children tend to put
almost anything they pick up
into their mouths, and paint
chips are no exception.
Lucille, a three-year-old
from an eastern city, is lucki
er than many who have lead
poisoning. Her mother took
ner 10 a neann clinic when her
appetite failed and she be
came tired and cranky, com
plaining of stomach aches.
Fortunately, the doctor sus
pected the trouble and ordered
the test which confirmed that
her blood had too much lead.
Lucille has recovered after
going into the hospital and
taking the strong drugs which
removed the lead from her
blood. The lucky set of circum
stances for her were, first,
that she had any symptoms
at all and also that her mo
ther’s worry and the doctor’s
hunch lead to the diagnosis.
The symptoms can easily be
overlooked as a behavior pro
blem or minor ailment - until
it is too late.
A little chip of paint the size
of your fingernail contains 100
times the amount of lead a
child can safely consume a
day. A few of these a week for
several months can poison a
child, as it did Lucille. If she’d
kept it up, the deadly long
term effects could have lead to 1
blindness, mental retardation,
even death. Recent national
statistics show that a child
died of lead poisoning every 36
hours.
Some 40 years ago, lead was
a major ingredient in every
house paint on the market.
Lead made paint dry faster
and adhere better, gave it a
shinier and harder finish. The
better and more expensive the
paint, the more lead it con
tained - up to 50 percent in
many cases.
In the 1940s medical scient
ists began to speak out against
the presence of so much lead
in the everyday living environ
ment of people. First the paint
manufacturers began reduing
the percentage of lead, espe
cially in interior paint; more
recently federal legislation
has limited lead to an infini
tesimal amount. So homes
built in recent years are paint
safe.
But all that old paint, some
times many layers deep, is
leaving a tragic legacy. Esti
mates based on census statis
tics tell us that over two
million children under six are
living in dilapidated housing
containing hazardous amoint
s of lead. Additional surve/s
show that almost a fourth if
them have dangerous i
mounts of lead in their blooc
stream.
Various federal and loca
governmental agencies and
concerned community organi
zations have been spear-head
ing lead-based paint preven
tion programs ranging from
rehabilitation to research, to
seeking out cases, to treat- ’
ment, to education.
While the biggest effort is in
slum areas of the nation's
large cities, they know it
exists throughout the country,
wherever there is old, run
down housing. Even in the
best-maintained older hous
ing, remodeled farmhouses or
city townhouses perhaps - dan
ger can exist as in the case of
a toddler chewing on a low
windowsill or stair railing.
When a crib or toy hits the
woodwork, off pops a bit of
paint for little fingers to pick
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